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Reduce your Paper Towel Footprint

Reducing your paper towel waste is unbelievably easy.  So easy that it’s a little hard for me to understand why so many people still use paper towels in excess.   Either shell out a few extra pennies for the rolls with sheets that are perforated in smaller sizes, or rip the sheets in half before using.  A normal sheet of paper towel is way too big for most uses. Hang a cloth towel next to the kitchen sink for hand drying.  There’s no reason for people to be drying their hands with paper...

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Baby Steps to Cloth Diapers: Wipes

If you’ve always wanted to try cloth diapering but you’re not sure where to start and you’re convinced you’ll be over-whelmed by laundry, how about beginning with just the wipes? Diapers aren’t the only thing filling landfills as a result of baby bottoms.  Wipes take up a lot of space, use a lot of resources for their creation, and are often soaked in unnecessary chemicals. Pre-fabricated Cloth wipes bumGernius Flannel Baby Wipes   Kissaluvs Baby Wipes Baby washcloths come anywhere from 3 to...

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Tech School Jumpstarts Energy Upgrades

 By ARN ALBERTINI Recorder Staff    [ Originally published on: Friday, March 28, 2008  by The Recorder]   The Franklin County Technical School hopes to save money while, at the same time, helping prepare students for a career in renewable energy by installing new energy-efficient components at the school. A few months ago, the School Committee hired Siemens Building Technologies of Canton for $12,900 to audit the school's energy use. Earlier this month, Siemens presented its findings,...

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Earth Hour Eye Opener

This past weekend, before putting my child to bed, I turned out all the lights in my house.  By 8:20, when I emerged, Earth Hour had begun.  For the next 40 minutes, I read by candle light and slowly but surely my body relaxed into sleep.  By the time I could, with a clear conscious, turn my lights back on I actually had no desire to do so.  All I wanted to do was go to sleep.  Without the awake-inducing distraction of lights, computer, and the general visibility of the pile of dishes in my...

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RideBuzz in Amherst

Help build an innovative ride sharing program for the Pioneer Valley.  An organizational meeting and community forum will be held on April 3rd at the Jones Library.  Join community organization and civic leaders to get involved and support an important pilot program that will revolutionize carpooling! Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Jones Library, 43 Amity St., Amherst, MA.  For more information go to...

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